Tag: South Asia

Jammu, March 4 : The Indian and Pakistani forces traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district late on Saturday, Defence Ministry sources said here on Sunday. “Pakistan Army resorted to heavy unprovoked shelling and firing in Balakote sector. “They used small arms, automatics and mortars to target […]

By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, March 4 : Amid the ongoing debate on whether Pakistani artistes should be allowed to work in Bollywood or not, British-Pakistani actor Alyy Khan feels “bans of any nature are never a good idea”. He says the key to more understanding and tolerance lies in more collaborative work. The actor, […]

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Male, March 3 : The Maldives opposition denounced on Saturday the arrest of 17 protesters, including three MPs of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), in the latest round of defiance against the emergency imposed by President Abdulla Yameen a month ago. The opposition, led by the MDP, said in a joint statement that police had […]

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Kathmandu, March 3 : Thousands of people gathered in Nepal’s capital on Saturday to recite the messages of Lord Gautam Buddha, known as Dhhamapad, to set a new Guinness World Record. Though the organiser claimed to have gathered over 75,000 people in the mass prayers, the number was yet to be confirmed officially by Guinness […]

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Dhaka, March 3 : The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature have launched an action plan to prevent Rohingya deaths from wild elephant attacks at a refugee camp that lies between Myanmar and Bangladesh. At least 10 refugees, including young children, have been killed in such […]

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Islamabad, March 2 : Pakistan on Friday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) which it said left a civilian dead. Mohammad Faisal, who heads the South Asia wing in the Foreign Office, summoned the Indian envoy and “lodged a strong protest […]

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Yet another mass shooting in the USA has killed 17 students. As Americans struggle to cope with this insanity, neither the FBI nor especially politicians are bothering to do their jobs which include passing consistent and responsible gun legislation and in the FBI’s case, investigate leads provided to it so as to prevent future murders. […]

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DW Bureau | Chandigarh Putting to rest all speculations and uncertainty, the 1983-batch IAS officer, Suresh Kumar on Monday returned to the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) as Chief Principal Secretary to the CM, Punjab. His decision to join back the duties came after two rounds of meetings held today with Capt Amarinder Singh who had […]

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DW Bureau | Chandigarh The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday stayed the operation of a single-bench order that had set aside the appointment of retired IAS officer Suresh Kumar as the Chief Principal Secretary to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Staying the operation of the order of the single bench, a division bench […]